Merge branch 'linus' into x86/urgent

[deliverable/linux.git] / kernel / watchdog.c

diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index f37f974aa81b503aabad7e6fc479494e86325a06..18bb15776c57162b60675adf69e7afd765b34fb0 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -363,8 +363,14 @@ static int watchdog_nmi_enable(int cpu)
                goto out_save;
        }
 
-       printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled for cpu%i: unable to create perf event: %ld\n",
-              cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
+
+       /* vary the KERN level based on the returned errno */
+       if (PTR_ERR(event) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+               printk(KERN_INFO "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): not supported (no LAPIC?)\n", cpu);
+       else if (PTR_ERR(event) == -ENOENT)
+               printk(KERN_WARNING "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): hardware events not enabled\n", cpu);
+       else
+               printk(KERN_ERR "NMI watchdog disabled (cpu%i): unable to create perf event: %ld\n", cpu, PTR_ERR(event));
        return PTR_ERR(event);
 
        /* success path */